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Dead herring gulls and Kittiwakes found several places in Vardø, NE Norway, today. #avianflu confirmed. This is hard for both species which after a decade with breeding failure and pop decline finally has a good chick production year #seabirds

#HPAI #avianinfluenza on the largest tern colony in Brittany, France ca 2500 breeding pairs sandwich, 150 common and 30 roseate terns mass mortality of chicks at various age, from hatching to fledging, as well as some adults

New paper out today: showing the value of long-term demographic data in three puffin populations with different all-year distribution. Happy and proud to see this out - a great collaboration!! 😊 Kate Layton-Matthews Francis Daunt NINAnature UKCEHseabirds

Bird flu is hitting very hard along the Barents Sea coast at the moment. Hundreds of dead Kittiwakes in some locations. This is really devastating for a species already in steep decline: Bird flu outbreak hits Barents Sea coast thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2023…

Terrible scenes from Eastern Finnmark Norway the last couple of weeks - 12 000 dead Kittiwakes collected so far. Majority found close to the most important mainland colony, Ekkerøy

The fourth MARCIS newsletter detailing project progress and highlights is up on our website! Tone Reiertsen #seabirds #bluegrowth nina.no/english/About-…

Devastating scenes from Hornøya. several hundreds oiled #seabirds Mainly auks, but also Kittiwakes, gulls and shags. No source detected, but strong easterly winds suggest potential spill come from east. Worst scenario now - beginning of breeding season

A magic encounter ✨ …and with my favourite the bridled guillemot. Back doing fieldwork on Hornøya #seabirds NINAnature

Ringing #urbankittiwakes at the Kittiwake-hotels in Tromsø. Chick production looks very good so far, and diet samples are rich NINAnature

Ringing Kittiwakes at Ekkerøy in East Finnmark while being filmed by national TV. Colab with vets - checking for HPAI antibodies after last years devastating outbreak that killed 15k. Chick productions is promising and weather is fab! #seabirds NINAnature

Post Doc position in spatial population dynamic in seabirds available at NINAs Tromsø office. Please RT

Fieldwork on Hornøya is continuing. Ringing and tagging of puffins and razorbills in all kinds of weather, is primary focus at this stage. All birds handled carefully and with special permits. #seabirds #SuperSeabirdSunday #seatrackscience SEAPOP NINAnature

Fieldwork variations: From birdcliff to urban environments: we continue our ringing and monitoring of urban Kittiwakes in Tromsø. Yesterday we ringed at Kittiwake hotels in a park and on a rooftop in Tromsø #urbankittiwake NINAnature #seabirds

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The survival cost of reproducing in cormorants is not due to increased energy expenditure, despite having large clutches [for a seabird]. Recent paper from Middleton Island led by Teo Barracho and Shannon Whelan onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

In 55 years we have never seen the seabird colonies on Canna in a worse state. Fulmar, gulls, shags and guillemots at or near record low numbers. Breeding productivity figures for most species well below long term averages. Food supply a big issue.

How can cities be designed for everyday nature?🌿 Visintin et al shared that the disciplines of urban and architectural design and #conservationscience need to be combined to enhance #nature in cities.🏢 Read more at doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1… #conservation #science

Our new paper lead by Kate Layton-Matthews shows effects of ocean warming and polutants on GBB gull survival - combining our longterm data of demography and geolocators from Hornøya NINAnature Journal of Animal Ecology #seabirds

It is through urban #greenspaces and #greeninfrastructure that human populations benefit from and connect with nature in cities.🏙🌿Visintin et al share that #architecturaldesign and #conservationscience need to be combined to enhance nature in cities. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1…

What are the opportunities for effective and efficient seabird conservation response to climate change? Interesting new paper in The Society for Conservation Biology Perpaps a good read for us not attending #CoimbraSeabirds conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cs…